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What’s Up Ohio – Ohio Capital Journal

Amid heat wave, energy assistance is available in Ohio July 17, 2026
With Ohio in a heat wave and an air-quality advisory, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the Breathing Association are reminding Ohioans that many are eligible for emergency help. The Summer Crisis Program began on July 1 and runs through Sept. 30. Last year it served more than 55,000 Ohio households. The […]
Ohio has more than 1,000 reported cyclosporiasis cases, according to the state health department July 17, 2026
Ohio has reported 1,316 cyclosporiasis cases as of Thursday, according to the Ohio Department of Health, as the parasite makes headlines around the country for causing gastrointestinal illness described by some as “explosive diarrhea.” There have been 96 hospitalizations and Lucas County in Northwest Ohio has had the most cases with 278 as of Thursday, according to […]
Catching Our Eye News Roundup, July 17, 2026 July 17, 2026
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
Steubenville accepts $1.1 million bid to frack 157 acres of its own land, including two parks July 17, 2026
The eastern Ohio city of Steubenville accepted a $1.1 million bid to lease about 157 acres of its own land for fracking during Tuesday’s city council meeting. Steubenville City Council voted to lease 19 parcels to Oklahoma-based Ascent Resources – Utica, said Steubenville resident Greg Burrier, who was at the city council meeting. One council […]
Medicaid funding returning to Ohio’s reproductive health clinics, impacts of yearlong freeze unknown July 17, 2026
Now that a freeze on Medicaid funding specifically targeted at Planned Parenthood locations and clinics who provide abortion has expired, Ohio’s facilities are working to bring back services they couldn’t afford during the yearlong funding pause. Though federal law already prohibits Medicaid dollars from being used for abortion services, clinics who also happen to provide […]
Catching Our Eye News Roundup, July 16, 2026 July 16, 2026
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]

What’s Up In American Politics? – DemocracyNow

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Faces Boycott Calls over Filming in Occupied Western Sahara July 17, 2026
Hollywood’s blockbuster adaptation of the ancient Greek epic The Odyssey premieres around the world today amid growing calls for a boycott. Human rights campaigners are criticizing director Christopher Nolan over his decision to film part of the film in Western Sahara, a vast territory in northwestern Africa that Morocco has occupied for the past half-century. […]
"Disrupt, Identify, Defund, Debank, Arrest & Prosecute": Trump Admin Threatens Leftist Groups July 17, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and top White House adviser Stephen Miller are pushing for a global crackdown on leftist organizations. The State Department on Thursday hosted a summit “on the resurgence of political terrorism,” where Miller described the left as “enemies of civilization” and described efforts to “disrupt, identify, defund, debank, arrest and prosecute […]
Report from Houston: Family of ICE Shooting Victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Holds Public Viewing July 17, 2026
Hundreds of community members gathered in Houston on Thursday evening for a public viewing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican man shot and killed by an ICE agent on July 7. His sons stood by their father’s casket for hours greeting mourners who wore blue, Salgado Araujo’s favorite color. A mariachi band played, and […]
Trump's Election Integrity Speech Lays Groundwork for Midterm Interference: Ari Berman July 17, 2026
In a primetime address on Thursday, President Trump accused China of meddling in U.S. elections in his latest effort to spread doubt about the U.S. voting system ahead of the midterm elections in November. Trump announced he was declassifying documents that show what he called “shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure,” but offered no evidence […]
Denise Oliver-Vélez, Pioneering Young Lord & Black Panther, Dies at 78 July 17, 2026
Lifelong activist, organizer and educator Denise Oliver-Vélez has died at the age of 78. She was a central figure in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s and was the first woman elected to the Young Lords Central Committee, a radical Puerto Rican human rights group modeled on the Black Panther Party, which […]
Headlines for July 17, 2026 July 17, 2026
Iran Claims Eight People Killed as U.S. Bombards Civilian Infrastructure, Wildfires Cause Dense Smoke and Hazardous Air Quality in More Than 20 States, Trump Accuses China of Interfering in 2020 Election, Without Providing Evidence, Trump’s Teleprompter Operator Reportedly Earned Over $100K Betting on Presidential Speeches, Truth Social Plans to Sell Priority Access to Trump’s Posts, […]

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